DAWIA Contracting study plan

Sequence the acquisition planning steps from requirements identification through solicitation release, naming the approval gate and the approving official at each step.

Distinguish the requiring activity, contracting officer, and COR roles by building a written responsibility matrix for a notional buy.

Apply three market research methods to a notional requirement and document the resulting commercial-item or non-commercial determination.

Draft an IGCE methodology outline that names the data sources, the basis of estimate, and the assumptions driving the number.

Evaluate small-business program eligibility (8(a), SDVOSB, WOSB, HUBZone) against three notional firm profiles and state the set-aside decision for each.

Build a justification-and-approval outline that addresses each statutory element required for a noncompetitive action.

Compare sealed bidding and negotiated acquisition against five criteria, then select and defend the correct method for two scenarios.

Apply Procurement Integrity Act and standards-of-conduct rules to three ethical scenarios and state the required action for each.

Deconstruct a solicitation into its uniform contract format parts and cite the authority governing each section.

Draft evaluation criteria and a source selection plan that states the relative importance of factors and whether the approach is lowest price technically acceptable or a tradeoff.

Perform a price analysis using three comparison techniques and write a fair-and-reasonable determination supported by the results.

Determine when certified cost or pricing data is required, list the exceptions, and identify the consequence of defective data.

Sequence the award process from proposal receipt through debriefing and mark where protest windows open and close.

Compare fixed-price, fixed-price with economic price adjustment, time-and-materials, labor-hour, cost-reimbursement, and incentive contract types by cost risk, administrative burden, and suitability.

Apply the contract-type selection factors to four notional requirements and justify each choice in writing.

Compute an incentive fee adjustment and resulting price from a given target cost, target fee, share ratio, and actual cost.

Explain when progress payments, performance-based payments, and commercial-item financing each apply and who bears the financing risk.

Differentiate cost analysis techniques, including cost realism, should-cost analysis, and the role of audit services, and choose the right one for three scenarios.

Compute cost and schedule variances and a forecast of final cost from given earned value data, then interpret what each result signals to the contracting officer.

Outline the core contract administration functions: surveillance, quality, property accountability, payment, and closeout.

Separate contracting officer authority from COR authority by listing five actions a COR may not take.

Classify ten notional changes as within scope, out of scope, or constructive, and name the modification instrument required for each.

Draft both a bilateral supplemental agreement and a unilateral change order, citing the clause that authorizes each.

Break down a termination for convenience settlement into its recoverable components and compute a sample settlement amount.

Contrast termination for convenience with termination for default on notice, liability, and appeal rights.

Trace a dispute from the contracting officer's final decision through an agency-level or board-level appeal, noting the election the contractor must make.

Compare multiple-award indefinite-delivery contracts, blanket purchase agreements, and federal schedule orders on ordering procedure, fair opportunity, and protestability.

Determine when other transaction authority, small-business innovation research awards, and simplified acquisition procedures are permissible for a given requirement.

Distinguish teaming agreements, joint ventures, and prime-subcontractor relationships, and apply the limitations on subcontracting to two scenarios.

Identify each type of organizational conflict of interest in four scenarios and propose a mitigation or avoidance measure for each.

Complete a full-length timed practice exam under exam conditions and score it by domain to expose remaining gaps.

Re-teach the three weakest subareas in writing, one page each, to confirm mastery rather than recognition.

Consolidate the running error log into 20 flashcards and drill them to 90% recall.

Verify and memorize the key thresholds, notice periods, and protest time limits you will need, checking each against the regulation rather than memory.